I wish there were a cool name for a cookie/cake hybrid.
Cakey. Cakie. Coocake. Cookie-cake?
It just doesn't sound right... but it sure does taste good! The recipe featured today is a cinnamon oatmeal apple cookie - in cake form. The result is slightly denser than a cake but fluffier than a cookie though not heavy like a brownie. I loved biting into the tender chunks of apple dispersed through this cake. The top is crispy/crunchy from the carmellized sugar while the cake is soft/moist.
The recipe is adapted from the Aug/Sept 2006 issue of Taste of Home - it's one of their contest winning recipes and has a 5-star rating on the website. It tastes like a warm apple pie but is more portable and gets even better the next day as the cinnamon mellows and infuses itself into the whole cookie/cake. This is a great alternative to oatmeal raisin cookies.
Oatmeal Apple Cookie Cake
9x13" pan | Adapted from Taste of Home
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups old-fashioned oats
1 cup diced apples
2 tbsp cinnamon-sugar for sprinkling
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in oats and apples.
Scrape into greased 9 x 13 inch pan and sprinkle with 2 tbsp cinnamon sugar mixture. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick comes out with just a few crumbs clinging to it. Let stand for 1 minute before removing to wire racks.
**Alternative: To make individual cookies use 1/2 cup dried apples instead of fresh and drop by the tablespoon onto cookie sheet. Reduce baking time to 10-12 minutes or until light golden brown
8 comments:
This looks like a really interesting recipe. The texture sound lovely, very different to anything I can think of! I will definitely make this, it sounds delicious.
Sounds delicious!
aaaaaah this looks so good!
must make soon!
Oh my, that looks delicious! I will definitely try this recipe, it sounds right up my alley :)
I love when dishes are better the next day--these look awesome, regardless of what they're called ;)
Sounds great for brunch! I will have to try this soon.
This is awesome ... my two favourite things ... cookie and cake in one!
Have been wanting to make this ever since I first saw it on here - it's the type of thing that really appeals to me. The perfect hybrid. Yum. I added raisins though, which I soaked first to plump them up. And extra cinnamon, because I can never get enough! Turned out amazing... thinking of you T ;)
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